24 Feb
Celebrating Chinese New Year in Kuala Terengganu
How was your Chinese New Year Celebration? We travelled home (Kuala Terengganu & Ipoh) to visit friends and families. Traditions remain strongest in small towns, a big reason why we look forward to join our families to to celebrate the most joyous holiday of all.
The Chinese New Year holiday has always been a quiet time in Terengganu, the state where Chinese made up a mere 2.6% of the total population.
However, things are a little bit different this year as the Chinatown of KT took on the look of the famous Temple Street of Kowloon, Hong Kong. Even the usually quiet KT town is suffering from traffic jam during the festive period. Definitely a rare sight!
The street of Chinatown has been decorated with lanterns and other ornaments to usher in the new year.
The 200-year-old Ho Ann Kiong Chinese temple in its full glory, few days before it was destroyed in a fire.
Read about the fire here
The organizer also blasted off a bunch of fireworks display.
Yee Sang with a twist – the addition of kerepok.
Many of the traditions of Chinese New Year center around food either being cooked or eaten. Most of the food signifies good luck and fortune, eg Yee Sang 余升 means an increase in abundance.
KampungBoy’s family begin the first day of Chinese New Year with a vegetarian meal to garner good karma by refraining from eating anything that has been killed.
Vegetarian Pandan Chicken
They also finished off the meal with tang yuans that are symbolic of “reunion.”The round shape of the tang yuans portrays “togetherness.”
fairy sticks
We wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year of the Tiger!
Do share us your CNY celebration too. 
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Posted by babe_kl on February 24, 2010 at 4:59 pm
gee its a pity a fire got to the temple
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
yeah so sad
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Posted by SimpleGirl on February 24, 2010 at 5:17 pm
cny ambiance there is better than Ipoh i GUESS…..COOL
SimpleGirl´s last blog ..Perth Day 1 – Dining @ (A)LURE, Burswood
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
iph is really happening too. traffic jam
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Posted by ai wei on February 24, 2010 at 9:57 pm
really sad bout the 200-year-old Ho Ann Kiong Chinese temple. where else can we go if we ikut u balik kampung next time???
ai wei´s last blog ..Pho Hoa @ Tropicana City Mall
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
;((((
u’ll be bored to death in kt
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 27th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
kampungboy: 1 day keropok trip.. wahaha. Shud be fun rite?
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Posted by JD on February 25, 2010 at 11:30 am
Haven’t really been to KT before. But have heard some good Malay food there. Will drop by if got a chance.
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
ahaha ntg much there la.
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 27th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
kampungboy: If you r the malay food lover.. then there will be the right place for u.. I’m lovin it
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Posted by vkeong on February 25, 2010 at 2:41 pm
nice wor
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
pg nicer
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Posted by ciki on February 25, 2010 at 6:56 pm
is the advertorial part of CNY?! lol.. cute post .. love the firecrackers, the tong-yuen and the little boy shot.. so lovely. u captured the small town vibe to perfection!
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 27th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
nop for sure
. How’s ur cny celebration?
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Posted by wmw on February 26, 2010 at 1:20 am
Wah, so “lau juak” over there!
wmw´s last blog ..Celebration @ Foreign Cinema, San Francisco USA
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
yeah first time after so many years
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Posted by Simon Seow on February 26, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Who’s that cute girl in pink kei pou?
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
haha kgboy high school friend
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Posted by superwilson on March 1, 2010 at 9:29 am
When is our get together?
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